NMFS Reallocates Pacific Cod to Promote North Pacific Fishery Management Council Goals

Summary

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is reallocating unused Pacific cod from trawl gear vessels to hook-and-line or pot gear vessels in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area to meet the 1996 total allowable catch (TAC) and support the North Pacific Fishery Management Council's objectives.